Bizarrism Strange Lives Cults Celebrated: Strange Lives, Cults, Celebrated Lunacy - Brossura

Mikul, Chris

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ISBN 10: 1900486067 ISBN 13: 9781900486064

Casa editrice: Headpress, 1999

Riassunto

Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including:

• William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we've all been making a terrible mistake;
• Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing;
• Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of 'vout';
• William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley;
• Rosaleen Norton, Australia's most notorious witch;
• Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929;
• Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs.

In writing their stories, Mikul does not judge, but instead celebrates these characters for their fabulous weirdness. For him, they are the "beacons of shining if erratic brilliance in a world of sensible conformity". The world would be a poorer place without them.

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Recensione:

"E-gads, what a book! Bizarrism is one of those stranger-than-fiction gems that's close to impossible to put down." -- The Spectator [Bizarrism original edition]

"A fantastic reminder of the variety of human behaviour." -- Fortean Times [The Eccentropedia]

"What could have been a coffee-table project is much more so because of its thought-provoking affirmation of all that is odd in the realm of human behaviour." --International Times [The Eccentropedia]

L'autore:

Chris Mikul is a Sydney-based writer and publisher of the long-running zine Bizarrism, which is devoted to all manner of real-life strangeness.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Headpress
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1900486067
• ISBN 13: 9781900486064
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160